Web site horribly rewrites a column by Chuck Sweeny

Saturday

Jun 29, 2013 at 11:10 AM

Ten days ago, my friend and former colleague at the Rockford Register Star Chuck Sweeny (above) wrote THIS COLUMN about Bruce Rauner, a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Illinois.

The next day, a Web site that calls itself Illinois News posted THIS INCREDIBLY BAD REWRITE of Sweeny’s column. Adding insult to injury, Sweeny was credited at the bottom of the piece.

How bad was the rewrite? Well, even the headline was awful: “Rockford ‘a bellwether’ for GOP administrator carefree Bruce Rauner.”

Ten days ago, my friend and former colleague at the Rockford Register Star Chuck Sweeny (above) wrote THIS COLUMN about Bruce Rauner, a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Illinois.

The next day, a Web site that calls itself Illinois News posted THIS INCREDIBLY BAD REWRITE of Sweeny’s column. Adding insult to injury, Sweeny was credited at the bottom of the piece.

How bad was the rewrite? Well, even the headline was awful: “Rockford ‘a bellwether’ for GOP administrator carefree Bruce Rauner.”